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  • THE TOOTH WILL OUT

    Production InformationTitle: The Tooth Will OutStudio: ColumbiaShort Number: 134Release Date: October 4, 1951Running Time: 15:59 “The tuition is $5 apiece, or 3 for $25.” “A rare bargain… we’ll take the 3.” Short Take After they are fired from two jobs for breaking dishes, The Stooges end up being chased into a dental office. Eventually, The Boys study, and graduate from…

  • MERRY MAVRICKS

    Production InformationTitle: Merry MavericksStudio: ColumbiaShort Number: 133Release Date: September 6, 1951Running Time: 15:46 “Why don’t ya get yerself a book and read it? Improve your mind… aahh, skip it.” Short Take To keep Red Morgan and his gang from stealing the mine payroll, the bank president and local newspaper editor fake a story that three famous lawmen are coming to…

  • SCRAMBLED BRAINS

    Production InformationTitle: Scrambled BrainsStudio: ColumbiaShort Number: 132Release Date: July 7, 1951Running Time: 15:50 “Hey, you know, I think she’s uglier than you are.” Short Take Moe and Larry are at a sanatorium where Shemp is being treated for suffering from hallucinations. Before being prematurely released, Shemp insists on saying farewell to his new fiancée, beautiful nurse Nora (Babe London). When…

  • DON’T THROW THAT KNIFE

    Production InformationTitle: Don’t Throw That KnifeStudio: ColumbiaShort Number: 131Release Date: May 3, 1951Running Time: 15:50 “Now remember… we’re census takers, not ordinary idiots.” Short Take The Stooges are census takers trolling through an apartment complex when they come upon a woman called Mrs. Wyckoff (Jean Willes). The Stooges learn that Wyckoff is one-half of a husband-and-wife Magician Troupe who perform…

  • BABY TITTER JITTERS

    Production InformationTitle: Baby Sitter JittersStudio: ColumbiaShort Number: 130Release Date: February 1, 1951Running Time: 16:08 “There’s a thousand reasons why I shouldn’t drink… but I can’t think of one right now.”(Shemp) Cast & Crew Directed by Jules White Produced by Jules White Written by Felix Adler Starring Moe HowardLarry FineShemp HowardLynn DavisDavid WindsorMyron HealeyMargie Liszt Edited by Edwin H. Bryant…

  • THREE ARABIAN NUTS

    Production InformationTitle: Three Arabian NutsStudio: ColumbiaShort Number: 129Release Date: January 4, 1951Running Time: 15:43 “You’re my type, baby. A woman!”(Larry) Short Take Storage warehousemen Moe, Larry & Shemp take delivery of Mr. Bradley’s shipment of Arabian souvenirs and china. In a crate that they accidentally drop, Shemp finds a lamp… and its resident “genius,” whom Shemp names ‘Amos’ (Wesley…

  • A SNITCH IN TIME

    Production InformationStudio: ColumbiaShort Number: 128Release Date: December 7, 1950Running Time: 17:33 “Camel’s hair brush? Hmmmh… must be da hump.”(Shemp) Short Take Moe, Larry, and Shemp are furniture makers in A Snitch In Time and Miss Scudder, a customer Moe’s sweet on, calls up and wants them to move some new furniture into her house because new boarders are…

  • SLAPHAPPY SLEUTHS

    Production InformationStudio: ColumbiaShort Number: 127Release Date: November 9, 1950Running Time: 16.09 “You, are you a good detective?” “Am I? You see this heel?… I ran that down.”(Gene Roth & Shemp) Short Take The Stooges are hired as detectives to investigate repeated robberies at Onion Oil Company gas stations. The Stooges impersonate attendants – and they make…

  • STUDIO STOOPS

    Production InformationTitle: Studio StoopsStudio: ColumbiaShort Number: 126Release Date: October 5, 1950Running Time: 16:00 “Say, when I come back, I’ll give ‘ya the password.” “Brilliant, what’ll it be?” “Open the door.” [smack!](Larry & Moe) Studio Stoops Short Take  The Three Stooges are exterminators mistaken for B.O. Pictures’ publicity department. They are then instructed to drum up publicity for the studio’s lovely…

  • THREE HAMS ON RYE

    Production InformationTitle: Three Hams on RyeStudio: ColumbiaShort Number: 125Release Date: September 7, 1950Running Time: 15:38 “Listen to me spout Shakespeare! A rose by any other name would smell…” “And so do you!” Short Take The Stooges are small-time actors and stage hands. Their producer, B.K. Doaks (Emil Sitka) tells them to keep out a notorious drama critic who has been…